Zhu Yijun knew that the powerful bureaucrats who dared to continue hoarding money were no longer competing for economic interests, but for political interests. For political interests, they were even willing to fight to the death in order to redistribute new party officials in the future. The price is to satisfy the interests of him as the emperor, and also allows the old party to make a lot of money back the assets that are now being sold at a low price.
But Zhu Yijun didn't want this.
He detested this brutal infighting method of increasing wealth.
He also didn't want the Ming Dynasty to have a situation where every chief assistant would end badly and his wealth would be divided up.
In this case.
This will undoubtedly lead to the fact that ministers at the chief and assistant level have no sense of security in their property, and are only willing to pursue short-term interests. When they are still in power, they just want to squander all the resources that can be liquidated, and they will not consider it. In terms of long-term interests, he will also seek stability in order to prevent his family from being liquidated. Although he will not make a fortune, he will actively use national resources to please most of the vested interests.
Therefore, even though Zhu Yijun knew that Zhang Juzheng's party must have accumulated a lot of wealth after taking control of the government for so many years, and it must be a lot of gray wealth, he had no intention of liquidating these people.
Just like he had no intention of liquidating Zhang Juzheng.
As an emperor from later generations, it is impossible for him to only focus on the people in the country, or even do anything to make a fool of a lackey, even though he knows that there is a lot of wealth outside that has not yet been captured.
Zhu Yijun is now eager to read the chapter from Japan just to find out whether Ma Gui can help him grab more benefits from outside to solve a series of domestic political and economic crises caused by a lack of silver.
Ma Gui did not disappoint Zhu Yijun.
After he led his army to Kokura Castle, he immediately launched a counterattack against Toyotomi Hideyoshi's army. He also used a combination of water and land operations to occupy Qiyama Castle and Yamaguchi Castle, cutting off Toyotomi Hideyoshi's retreat, and used a small number of elite firearms to Armed with the latest equipment, the Thunder Gun first attacked Toyotomi Hideyoshi's food road, forcing Toyotomi Hideyoshi to order Sengoku Hidehisa to lead an army of 20,000 to return to the army to protect the food road.
As for the knowledge of combat command, the Ming army, which had thousands of years of military history, suffered a big loss from Toyotomi Hideyoshi as soon as it came up.
And then, Sengoku Hidehisa was caught in a wild ambush by Magui.
The main force of the Ming army, 50,000 strong, blocked Sengoku Hideyoshi's retreat with artillery and muskets, and then completely annihilated Sengoku Hidehisa's army. The great name of the Shikoku Sengoku Hidehisa was captured alive, and was forced to agree to pay a compensation of two million taels of Daibai silver, and cede the city of Tangzhu. He will serve as a base for the Ming Dynasty Navy, and the Ming Dynasty will give him an opportunity to fight against the rebellion and continue to be a great name in the Four Kingdoms.
However, Toyotomi Hideyoshi was not stupid and did not wait passively to be beaten.
then.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi decisively gave up the attack on Kokura Castle when he heard that Sengoku Hidehisa's tribe was defeated and his food routes were cut off. , and led the army to retreat to Sakurawei Castle.
However, during the retreat, the Ming Dynasty Navy suddenly appeared from the direction of Shikoku Yuzuki Castle and attacked Toyotomi Hideyoshi's fleet, causing nearly 30,000 men of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's men to be buried in the belly of the fish.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi was also deeply frightened after seeing the Ming army's huge fleet of bird ships. He knew that he had despised the Ming Empire like Saiyi. As soon as he landed at Sakurao Castle, he decisively withdrew to Koyama Castle.
At this time, Magui first sent troops to the Iwami area controlled by the Japanese daimyo Mouri Terumoto, and surrounded Iwami Castle.
Because the Japanese great name Mouri Terumoto had led his troops to attack Kyushu with Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and because his troops were mainly naval forces, he suffered the most serious damage as early as when Toyotomi Hideyoshi withdrew to China. As a result, Nakagawa Kiyozemon, the general of the Mori Terumoto tribe who was guarding here with 2,000 people, was unable to wait for reinforcements.
However, Ma Gui strictly ordered the Ming army not to capture Shijian City.
As the commander-in-chief, Ma Gui has his own considerations.
Moreover, the difference between him and Li Rusong is that Li Rusong likes to see the opportunity and strike decisively, but Ma Gui likes to take one step at a time and think about the next one before the immediate combat goal is completed.
This was reflected in the historical Wanli aid to Korea, which reflected the difference in command habits between the two.
Therefore, when Magui strictly ordered the Ming army not to capture Iwami Castle but must bombard the city with artillery every day, Magui deliberately asked Japanese monks to inform Toyotomi Hideyoshi that Iwami Castle was still surrounded by Ming troops.
Iwami Ginzan was the foundation for Toyotomi Hideyoshi to dominate the world. He could not sit idly by and do nothing. Considering that Mori Terumoto was seriously injured, and knowing that Iwami Ginzan was just a small Ming army, he personally led the army. I came to Ishimi Yinshan to catch this small group of greedy Ming troops off guard and to boost their morale.
result.
However, he was in the valley near Yueshan in the Japanese state and was surrounded by 50,000 Ming troops plus 20,000 Korean soldiers, 5,000 Yehe Jurchen soldiers and 20,000 Japanese soldiers.
As a result, Toyotomi Hideyoshi fell into a bitter battle, and his troops were killed in rivers of blood. Not to mention the Ming army with superb firearms, they could not deal with it. Even the strong Jurchen soldiers also made them suffer. Only the Korean soldiers could be beaten by them. Fight back and you can get a chance to breathe for a while.
But Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who was in dire straits, could no longer make a comeback. After Magui personally came and ordered the Ming army to start a general offensive, Toyotomi Hideyoshi could only lead his elite soldiers to attack Magui's central army, hoping to die with him. .
After all, Toyotomi Hideyoshi's Chinese army had been fighting in Japan for so many years, and its combat effectiveness was still quite strong. The charge was very orderly, and the iron cannons used were also used very skillfully. For a while, the new recruits from the Beijing camp on the periphery of the Chinese army were unable to resist. , and retreated one after another, gradually collapsing.
However, after Wang Rulong, the commander-in-chief of the Beijing camp, personally led the veterans to kill several deserters, the new soldiers in the Beijing camp quickly recovered a lot of their combat effectiveness, reorganized themselves, and blocked the offensive of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's troops.
At the same time, Wang Rulong personally launched a counterattack by his officers and soldiers.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi's main force was completely unable to withstand the Ming army, which was taller than him, had a higher armor equipment rate, had more advanced firearms than him, had more people than him, and charged from uphill to downhill, which had a better geographical advantage. In the end, Had to completely collapse.
Seeing this, Ma Gui ordered more Ming troops to rush over and try to kill more Japanese.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi was too short, just over 1.3 meters tall, so he couldn't run as fast as others. In addition, his army had completely collapsed and they couldn't care about him, so soon the Ming army with long legs was chasing him. Got on him and surrounded him with a fighting spirit.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi had to stand still, turned around, drew his sword, and looked up at these Ming troops.
Then, Toyotomi Hideyoshi struggled to look at the Yiming army closest to him.
But because the Ming army was very tall, he did not fight back. He only pressed his head with his hands, making Toyotomi Hideyoshi unable to move. The knife in his hand could only be cut on the waist armor of the Ming army, without causing any damage. What kind of killing is like an adult man holding down a seven-year-old child who is slashing with a knife.
It has been fifteen years since the Ming Dynasty reformed. If we include the reforms during the Longqing period, the quality of life of young Han men under the age of thirty has basically improved a lot because the world has been in great power for more than twenty years. Malnutrition among civilians has Greatly improved, the average height has also increased a lot, and the Ming soldier Li Dafu in front of him is nine feet tall. He was just a flag bearer, but now because the whole army is attacking, he relies on his long legs to rush over first. This made Toyotomi Hideyoshi very helpless in front of him, and he did not look like a hegemon at all.
Li Dafu then lifted Toyotomi Hideyoshi's waist, lifted him up, and carried him back to the Chinese army's tent.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi jumped his limbs in the air and kicked and screamed, but no matter how much he kicked and screamed, it was to no avail. It was not until he was brought to Ma Gui that Li Dafu let him go.
"Why is he so short and stubby?"
After seeing Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Magui couldn't help but say something, and then he ordered Toyotomi Hideyoshi to be taken into custody.
Later, Magui began to order the capture of Iwami Castle.
Nakagawa Kiyozemon chose to commit suicide by caesarean section after Iwami Castle was captured.
After the Ming army captured Shijian City, they confiscated a large amount of silver in Shijian City and took control of the entire Shijian Silver Mountain.
Half a month later.
Ma Gui sent a secret report to Zhu Yijun, saying that he had captured Toyotomi Hideyoshi alive, and based on his secret, he copied more than 8 million taels of silver stored in Iwami from Iwami Castle. Through inspection, he found that there was a large silver mountain in Iwami. The annual silver production now ranges from one hundred to two million taels. With the more advanced mining technology of this dynasty, it will be possible to achieve an annual silver production of two to three million taels.
(End of chapter)
